Toni Zuccheri 1937–2008
Born in 1936 in San Vito al Taglimento, Toni Zuccheri was the son of renowned Italian metaphysical painter Luigi Zuccheri whose work was focused predominantly on the depiction of fantastic animals and birds. From an early age Toni demonstrated an innate capacity for drawing and possessed a great sensitivity toward nature and animals, birds in particular.
A few years after moving to Venice with his family in 1945, he enrolled in the Academy of Architecture and studied under Franco Albini, Ignazio Gardella, Carlo Scarpa and others. In the early 1960s he began to study and work at Venini where, in collaboration with Gio Ponti, he engaged in intensive experimentation with glass; the culmination was the development of Vetro Grosso, a new type of glass created from dense vitreous pastes combined with murrine, raw pigment, shards of Filigrana canes and fine wire mesh.
Auction Results Toni Zuccheri
Toni Zuccheri
Hoopoe
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $27,500
Toni Zuccheri
Scolpito vase, model 717
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $7,500
Toni Zuccheri
Biennale vase
estimate: $3,000–4,000
result: $6,000
Toni Zuccheri
Vulcano vase
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $5,700
Toni Zuccheri
Crepuscolo vase with stopper
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,625
Toni Zuccheri
Giada vase
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,000
Toni Zuccheri
Scolpiti vase
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $4,320
Toni Zuccheri
vase
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $4,062